Is christianity the only way?
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Is Christianity the only way?
#arrogant
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A right-wing extremist . . . • believes that there are inferior
races • believes that there are inferior
religions Joe Klein
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‘All religions are basically
the same’
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are all religious beliefs valid?
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are all religious practices valid?
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do all religions lead to the same ultimate reality?
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do all religions even have the same view of what reality is?
FATHERSON
HOLY SPIRIT
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‘All religions see parts of a bigger truth’
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how do we know that there is a bigger truth?
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‘Religions are culturally
conditioned’
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does a specific cultural background mean something
can’t be true?
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isn’t this criticism a product of western secular culture?
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. . . if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs would have been quite different. . . .
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[But] the same goes for the pluralist. . . . If the pluralist had been born [in Morocco] he probably wouldn’t be a pluralist. Does it follow that . . . his pluralist beliefs are produced in him by an unreliable belief-producing process?
Alvin Plantinga
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The problem of religion
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religion leads to legalism
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religion can lead to arrogance
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all beliefs are exclusive
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which set of exclusive beliefs is most inclusive?
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Jesus is the answer
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why did Jesus have to die?
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God is more holy than we can imagine
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we are more sinful than we like to think
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“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6
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